Bootstrapping small archives
The last couple of days has seen Morgan and I at the Australian Society of Archivists national conference, held here... Continue reading →
StateNRM takes GRID to the next level with GRID Grants
Recently we completed the first phase of a really rewarding project with the State NRM Office that was all about... Continue reading →
Controlling Mosquitoes with Technology
Last week I was at the Mosquito Control Association of Australia (MCAA) conference in Tweed Heads, presenting an update on... Continue reading →
Dieback Information Group Conference 2018
I recently attended the 17th annual Dieback Information Group Conference 2018. Themed Working together – combating plant disease through collaboration.... Continue reading →
BioSys and National Collaboration
In August 2015 I published a blog about a pilot for the BioSys software that we had developed with the... Continue reading →
Greener rocks…
As a geologist in the early years of my career (see right*), there was a prevailing theory that the “hard... Continue reading →
Reusable Coffee Cups: 18 months on
The morning coffee rush is a familiar sight at any café. Baristas bustle behind their machines, scrawl names on plastic... Continue reading →
Researching honey bees, floristics and data management
We’ve been steadily developing our research capacity at Gaia Resources, and as part of that I am now seconded to... Continue reading →
AgHack and the adventures of the Rangelands Rover
In the last weekend of July, New Jake, Tony, Voon-Li and I (with some cameos from Old Jake and Serge)... Continue reading →
WA Landcare Network Forum
I recently attended the annual WA Landcare Network (WALN) Members and Stakeholders Forum, held at the Cockburn Wetlands Education Centre. ... Continue reading →
End of Financial Year recap
We recently had our end of financial year recap day as a team, with a bit of a celebration thrown... Continue reading →
BCCVL Workshops
Over the past few weeks we’ve attended a couple of different events hosted by Biodiversity and Climate Change Virtual Laboratory... Continue reading →
Mapping All Over the World
♫ And I like it, I like it… It’s been nearly four months since we released our free Environmental Quantum... Continue reading →
Social Impact Festival – how citizens are democratizing science
I recently spoke at the annual Social Impact Festival on the UWA campus. The two-hour panel discussion, entitled Effecting Change:... Continue reading →
Corridor assessment
If you’ve come across the term “linear corridor assessment,” it most likely conjures up images of highways, pipelines or major... Continue reading →
FOSS4G Oceania
We usually attend or sponsor conferences for a couple of different reasons; either there is an opportunity to learn something... Continue reading →
Symposium on Flora and Vegetation Surveys
Chris and I each attended a day of this Symposium that aimed to explore the issues surrounding flora and vegetation... Continue reading →
Citizen Science on The Couch
I was recently invited to appear on the TV show – The Couch, as Marnie Giroud’s guest on her Wild... Continue reading →
Dolphin Watch Broome launched
The next phase of the Dolphin Watch partners program has been rolled out. In a previous post we discussed... Continue reading →
Supporting educators – and making your Mum proud
In an extension to our support for the future generations (like our previous student mentoring efforts), last weekend I gave... Continue reading →